Guest Lecturers

Revd Dr Ohaeri Nnaemeka Ndubuwa

Guest Lecturer Biblical Interpretation/Hermeneutics – Old Testament 1 & 2

Very Revd Dr Ohaeri Nnaemeka Ndubuwaisan ordained Minister of the Gospel, Bible expositor, and academic. He obtained a B.A. (Hons) in Religious and Cultural Studiesfrom University Port Harcourt and MA and PhD in Old Testament Studies from the Department of Religion and Human Relations at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) from the National Open University of Nigeria and a Dip. Theology from Methodist Theological Institute Umuahia. He is currently pursuing a second PhD in Wesleyan Studies at the University of Manchester, UK.

Dr Ohaeri served as a Principal of Methodist Comprehensive Secondary School Ndieke-Okoro before joining Methodist Theological Institute Sagamu (An Affiliate of the University of Ibadan – 2014) as a Theological Educator, where he currently serves as the Dean of Spirituality and Formation.

Dr Ndubuwa is a Lecturer at Wesley University Ondo, an Adjunct Lecturer at Mountain Top University Nigeria,and a Facilitator atthe National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). He has attended Academic Conferences and published 21 articles in reputable international and national University-based journals. He is a member of professional bodies such as the Society for the Study of Theology United Kingdom (SST – UK), Nigerian Association of Biblical Studies (NABIS), African Homiletic Group, Evangelical Homiletic Society US, and West African Association of Theological Institutions (WAATI).

He is a multidisciplinary researcher interested in Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Homiletics, Wesleyan Theology, and Leadership with practical experience in Healthcare Chaplaincy, Guidance & Counseling/Rehabilitation and Entrepreneurship. He has taught the courses above at the University alongside Hebrew Grammar and other related courses. He is a Revivalist and an inspiring Motivator in Career and Marriage workshops.

Some of his publications include:

  • Stress Management in Methodist Church Nigeria: Perspectives from Exodus 18: 13-27. International Journal of Faculty of Arts, Department of Religion and Human Relations, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. (2021).
  • Biblical Criticisms in the Contemporary Praxis of Homiletics. International Journal of Religion and Human Relations Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Vol 2. No. 1. (2019).
  • The Role of Communication in Nation Building: A Reading from Genesis 11:1-9. In Benin Journal of Religions and Societies. Vol.4, No 1(2019).
  • Leadership Flaws in 2 Samuel 11: Lessons for African Leaders. International Journal of Humanities and Leadership, Faculty of Arts Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. (2020).
  • Theological Education and Investment in a Recessed Nigerian Economy. In Igwebuike International Journal, Tansian University NunyaAnambra State. Vol 4. No. 5 (2019).
  • Irony of Leadership and Non-Observance of Civic Values in Nigeria: A recipe of 2 Kings 13: 14-17. In Igwebuike: African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Tansian University. 5 No.1
  • Biblical Perspectives of Ecumenism and Its Effects on Missionary Outreach in Nigeria, In Igwebuike: African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Tansian University. 5 No.1(2019).
  • The roles of women in national unity. Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development. Tansian University, 2, No. 1. (2019).
  • Religio-Political Challenges in Nigeria’s Governance: A Reinterpretation Of Gen. 25:27-34. AKSU Journal of Social and Management Sciences (AJSMS). Akwa Ibom State University. Vol. 2, No. 1.

 His hobbies are counselling, teaching, and reading. He lives in Nigeria with his wife and children.

 

Dr Adesola (Sola) Akala

Guest Lecturer Biblical Interpretation/Hermeneutics Module – New Testament

Dr Adesola (Sola) Akala is a New Testament scholar with a theological focus. She holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary. As a Fellow at St John’s College, Durham University, her current research subjects include the gospel of John, Pauline literature, prayer and glory.  Her published dissertation is entitled The Son-Father Relationship and Christological Symbolism in the Gospel of John (London: T&T Clark, 2014) and Exploring the Glory of God: New Horizons for a Theology of Glory. Editor. (Lanham, MD: Lexington/Fortress Academic Press, 2020), which is the outcome of convening two conferences on the glory of God. Sola is also the director of Doxa Biblical-Theological Consultancy, an academic service aimed at supporting biblical-theological students and authors with research and writing projects, as well as establishing biblical literacy in local churches.

Sola’s service as a minister spans decades of international preaching and teaching in nations across Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia. Using her skills as a biblical scholar and theologian, she is committed to the mission of advancing biblical-theological education and spiritual development in the body of Christ.

Dr Adesola will teach on Interpreting the New Testament 1 & 2.

Dr Angus Crichton

Guest Lecturer – Diaspora Communities in Christian History

Dr Angus Crichton is Global Advocacy Manager for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (SPCK, a British Christian publisher and mission agency). He is also a research associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide. His work for the former focuses on supporting theological publishing from the global south, by the global south, for the global south, with the African Theological Network Press being his major focus. Through the latter, he focuses on sources to research and write African Christian History with the needs of African institutions in mind. As an ignorant European, he has been and still is learning about African Christianity for the last thirty years and African theological publishing for the last fifteen. This included teaching in a small theological college in Uganda, learning more from his students than he taught them and starting a theological publishing project with Ugandan colleagues. Having stumbled upon the treasure in missionary society archives on African Christianity, he is currently exploring ways these archives can be made more available and accessible to African theological institutions. He is married to Helen, a midwife in the British National Health Service and has three children in various stages of leaving home.

Revd Dr Caleb Nyanni

Guest Lecturer on Diaspora Mission Module – Engaging Younger Generation Diaspora Christians

Caleb Nyanni is the Dean of Studies and programme director at BCC. Caleb is a senior Fellow of the High Education Academy (SFHEA) and a fellow at the Institute of Pentecostal Theology.  He holds a PhD in Christian theology with University of Birmingham. His main areas of research are emerging generations and their pneumatology, Hermeneutics, and contemporary apologetics. Caleb also holds a foundation certificate in counselling with AQA and a certificate in Church Leadership and Pastoral Care with the Association of Christian Counsellors. Caleb is a teacher, mentor, and an author. He has contributed to academic journals and books over the last few years. Caleb has also worked with youth cross-culturally and is a gifted worship leader, teacher, and pastor. He is presently the senior pastor at Elim Church Sparkbrook, Birmingham (UK).  Apart from research and reading, Caleb enjoys cooking, cycling and playing football with his boys.